Question

which sale gives the greatest percent discount? take 20% off the original price. on sale at 75% of the original price. original price reduced by 30%. it depends on the original price.

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze each sale's discount percentage

• For "Take 20% off the original price", the discount percentage is 20%.
• For "On sale at 75% of the original price", the discount percentage is \(100\% - 75\% = 25\%\) (since if the sale price is 75% of original, the discount is the remaining percentage).
• For "Original price reduced by 30%", the discount percentage is 30%.
• "It depends on the original price" is incorrect because discount percentage is a relative measure to the original price, and we can calculate the percentage discount for each case as shown.

Step2: Compare the discount percentages

Now we compare 20%, 25%, and 30%. We can see that 30% is the largest among them. So the sale with "Original price reduced by 30%" has the greatest percent discount.

Answer:

The option with "Original price reduced by 30%".